| ![Show Contents]() Picq History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France The Picq family name derives from the Old French personal name Picot, or Pigot. 1 Alternatively, the name could have been derived from the French word "piquet" which was a pointed stake or peg used militarily by the French Army c. 1695. Later the term pikemen was derived by the British Army in the mid 1700s. Early Origins of the Picq familyThe surname Picq was first found in Brittany where they held a family seat at Beauchesne, and as the line was the main stem of this aristocratic family which would emerge as Viscounts d'Vaulogé, it was there that branches were formed in Brittany, Maine and Austria. They were originally from Picot de Saio in Normandy and were recorded there in 1086. 2 Early History of the Picq familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Picq research. Another 79 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1651, 1708, 1720, 1734, 1781, 1791, 1813 and 1862 are included under the topic Early Picq History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Picq Spelling VariationsChanges of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Picq, including Picot, Picott, Picotte, Pickot, Picout, Picoud, Picque, Picquet, Picquot and many more. Early Notables of the Picq familyNotable amongst this name at this time was - Eustache Picot (died 1651), a French musician and composer, sous-maître of the chapelle royale of Louis XIII. François Picquet (1708-1781) was a French Sulpician priest who emigrated to Montreal, Cana...
- Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, also known as La Motte-Picquet (1720-1791) was a French Navy officer and admiral
Picq RankingIn France, the name Picq is the 3,873rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 3 Migration of the Picq familyIn 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Picq has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Picq were Jacques Picot, who settled in Montreal in 1652; Robert Picot, who arrived in Quebec in 1653; Elias Picot, who arrived in Boston in 1723; Jean Picot, who settled in Canada in 1731.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Picq (post 1700) | + |
- Charles Le Picq (1744-1806), influential French dancer and choreographer
- Stéphane Picq (b. 1965), French composer of computer game music
- Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, French colonel and military theorist
- Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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